Students in UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science have earned more placements as semifinalists and regional finalists in the 2014 Siemens Competition than any other school in the U.S.

The Siemens Competition is the nation's leading original research competition in math, science and technology for high school students. In total, 22 TAMS students were named semifinalists and seven were named regional finalists.

The regional finalists are Napasorn Kuprasertkul of Keller, Sumedha Mehta of Irving, Laura Pang of Houston, Susmitha Sayana of Allen, Akash Wadawadigi of Flower Mound, and Gerald Hu and Sanchit Sachdeva of Plano.